Joel Embiid achieves feat no Sixers player has in 28 years

Joel Embiid achieves feat no Sixers player has in 28 years

The 1990-91 NBA season was literally a completely different breed of basketball. Things have changed drastically since that point, but it doesn’t negate how impressive the recent feat Joel Embiid accomplished is.

Especially considering that it hasn’t been done by a Philadelphia 76ers player since before Embiid was even born.

The 24-year-old posted his third consecutive game this season with 30-plus points and 10 or more rebounds on Tuesday in an impressive performance against the Detroit Pistons. And as ESPN Stats & Info revealed, three-straight games with a 30 and 10 stat line hasn’t been accomplished by a Sixers player since Charles Barkley did it in the 1990-91 season.

After a 23-point showing in the opener against the Boston Celtics, Embiid has been on another level as of late. He’s posted 30, 32 and 33 points while averaging 11 rebounds over the past three games and shooting better than 50 percent from the field each night.

The Sixers star is rapidly rising in the upper-echelon of NBA players, and there’s no reason to believe he’ll slow down.